Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar

Archdiocese of Bar Archidioecesis Antibarensis Барска надбискупија Barska Nadbiskupija
Cathedral of Saint Peter (new cathedral)
Location
Country	Montenegro
Metropolitan	Immediately Subject to the Holy See
Statistics
Area	13,198 km2 (5,096 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2012) 631,000 11,227 (1.8%)
Parishes	19
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	9th Century (As Diocese of Bar) 1089 (As Archdiocese of Bar)
Cathedral	in Bar, Montenegro
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception near Stari Bar
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Rrok Gjonlleshaj
Map
Map of Montenegro   Diocese of Kotor   Archdiocese of Bar

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar (Montenegrin: Барска надбискупија, romanized: Barska nadbiskupija; Albanian: Kryepeshkopata Katolike Romake e Tivarit; Latin: Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in Montenegro.^[1][2] It is centred in the city of Bar (Italian Antivari). It was erected as a diocese in the 9th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1089. The Archbishopric was by the Pope's decree abolished some time after 1140, until it was restored by the Serbian medieval Nemanjić dynasty in 1199.

The Archbishops regularly bore titles of "Primates of Serbia" (Primas Serviae), implemented as a permanent part of the title by Archbishop in 1475.

The archdiocese's new cathedral is the (consecrated in September 2017) in Bar.^[3] Its old Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception is located near Stari Bar. Rrok Gjonlleshaj currently serves as archbishop in the archdiocese.^[4]

In 1923, , Tuzi, Grude, and were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër. In 1969, the territory of the municipalities of Plav, Gusinje, and Vojno Selo were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Skopje.

History[]

In 1571 when Ottomans captured Antivari the Catholic Church in border area and Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar began to collapse and main reasons for this is emigration of indigenous peoples, but also immigration of new ethnic and religious element, brought by the Ottomans. Because of a lack of Catholic priests, entire parishes were converted to Orthodoxy.^[5]

Archbishops[]

• Peter (1064–1094)
• Sergius (1094?/ca. 1110?–1124?)
• Elijah (ca. 1124 – 1140)
• John I (1199–1247)
• John II (Giovanni da Pian del Carpine) (1248–1252)
• Gufrid (April 1253 – 1254)
• Lawrence I (1255–1270)
• Gašpar Adam (1270–1280)
• Michael (1282–1298)
• Rudger (1298–1301), member of the
  Cistercian order, writer
  of the Chronicle of the Priest of Dioclea
• Marinus I () (1301–1306)
• Andrew I (1307–1324)
• William I (Guillaume Adam) (1324–1341)
• John III (1341–1347)
• Dominic (1349–1360)
• Stephen (1361–1363)
• John IV (1363–1373)
• John V (1373–1382)
• Anton (1383–1390)
• Raymond (1391–1395)
• Ludovik I (Ludovik Bonito) (1395)
• Marinus II (1396–1420)
• John VI (1420–1422)
• (1423–1448)
• Andrew II (1448–1459)
• Lawrence II (1459–1460)
• Mark I (1460–1461)
• Simon I (Šimun Vosić) (1462–1473)^[6][7]
• Stephen II (Stephen Teglatius) (1473–1485)^[8]
• Philip (Philip Gaius) (1485–1509)
• Jeronim (1509–1517)
• Lawrence III (1517–1525)
• John VII (1525?–1528?)
• Ludovik II (Lodovico Chieregati) (1528–1551)
• John VIII (1551–1571)
• Theodore (1575)
• Ambrosius (Ambrozije Kapić) (1579–1598)
• Thomas (Toma Ursini) (1598–1607)
• Marinus III (Marino Bizzi) (1608–1624)
• Peter III (Pjetër Mazreku) (1624–1634)
• George I (Gjergj Bardhi) (1635–1644)
• Francis I (Franjo Leonardi) (1644–1646)
• Joseph (Josip Buonaldo) (1646–1653)
• Mark II () (1654–1656)
• Andrew III (Andrija Zmajević) (1671–1694)
• Mark III () (1696–1700)
• Vincent I (Vićenco (Vicko) Zmajević) (1701–1713)
• Egidio Quinto (1719–1722?)
• Matthew (Matija Štukanović(?)) (1722–1744?)
• Mark IV () (1745–1749)
• Lazarus I (Lazër Vladanji) (1749–1786)
• George II (Gjergj Junki) (1786–1787)
• George III (Gjergj Radovani) (1787–1790)
• Francis II () (1791–1822)
• Vincent II () (1824–1839)
• Charles () (1855–1886)
• Simon II (Šimun Milinović) (1886–1910)
• Nicholas (Nikola Dobrečić) (1912–1955)
• Alexander () (1955–1979)
• Peter IV (Petar Perkolić) (1979–1997)
• Zef Gashi (1998–2016)
• Rrok Gjonlleshaj (5 April 2016 – )

See also[]

• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Montenegro

References[]

Sources[]

• Dragojlović, Dragoljub (1990). "Dyrrachium et les Évéchés de Doclea jusqu'a la fondation de l'Archevéche de Bar" (PDF). Balcanica. 21: 201–209.
• Шишић, Фердо, ed. (1928). Летопис Попа Дукљанина (Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja). Београд-Загреб: Српска краљевска академија.
• Кунчер, Драгана (2009). Gesta Regum Sclavorum. 1. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.
• Живковић, Тибор (2009). Gesta Regum Sclavorum. 2. Београд-Никшић: Историјски институт, Манастир Острог.

External links[]

• A short look at the history of the Bishoprics of Kotor and Bar
• Catholic Encyclopedia article, Antivari
• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

Coordinates: 42°05′41″N 19°07′51″E / 42.09472°N 19.13083°E / 42.09472; 19.13083